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-# THIS IS A TEMPLATE .env FILE. MAKE A COPY OF THIS FILE NAMED .env AND MODIFY VALUES AS NEEDED.
-# For more info on each variable, see https://neurobagel.org/infrastructure/#set-the-environment-variables
-NB_GRAPH_USERNAME=DBUSER  # REPLACE DBUSER WITH YOUR GRAPH DATABASE USERNAME
-NB_GRAPH_PASSWORD=DBPASSWORD  # REPLACE DBPASSWORD WITH YOUR GRAPH DATABASE PASSWORD
-NB_GRAPH_DB=test_data/query
-NB_RETURN_AGG=true
-NB_API_TAG=latest
-# To allow requests from browser tools like the query tool 
-# deployed locally with default port settings; edit as needed for your setup
-NB_API_ALLOWED_ORIGINS="https://localhost:3000 http://localhost:3000"
-NB_GRAPH_IMG=stardog/stardog:8.2.2-java11-preview
-## ADDITIONAL CONFIGURABLE PARAMETERS: Uncomment and modify values of the below variables as needed to use non-default values.
-# NB_API_PORT_HOST=8000
-# NB_API_PORT=8000
-# NB_GRAPH_ROOT_HOST=~/stardog-home
-# NB_GRAPH_ROOT_CONT=/var/opt/stardog
-# NB_GRAPH_ADDRESS=graph
-# NB_GRAPH_PORT_HOST=5820
-# NB_GRAPH_PORT=5820
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